Vim tires don't slip

found on http://questionableadvice.tumblr.com/

H A Testard's Bicycle and Cadillac dealership (odd combination) 1910 New Orleans

from http://www.shorpy.com/node/9691

Mirror rims

It's art by Olafur Eliasson found on http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2011/06/bicycle-with-mirror-wheels.html

Betty Grable, Lawrence Olivier, and Bob Hope riding bikes

http://ridesabike.tumblr.com/ has these and many many more

How did he manage this? And do any young bmx types have a clue they bike in his 80 year old shadow?

Director of the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" and many other films at the Hal Roach studios and both directed and produced Three Stooges films, performed in vaudeville as a kid.

Do you see the stantion tops that are making his trick even harder? That is just nuts. How he rides on the top of a pipe? Insane.

found on http://michiganswampmonkey.tumblr.com/

I found a Dayton, a Cyclone 60, and a Huffy Bluebeard were in the swap meet area at the Bugorama

Stuff that caught my eye at the Irvine Bugorama this past weekend

I've posted about In and Out coming to events before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-and-out-burger-mobile-restaurant-was.html

But didn't find out that they charge 7.50 a burger with these mobile jobbers... I want you to know that a doubel cheeseburger and a coke are less than 5 bucks at the restaurant. It's a damn good deal.





Didn't know what this was, but Steve came through again! It's a Mexican-built Volkswagen "Hormiga" (means ant). They are known in Germany as the EA489 Basistransporter. Between 1976 and 1977, 3,600 of them were built in Puebla, Mexico. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_EA489_Basistransporter has more info, and in the Philipines it is called a Trakbayan








Nice clever way of mounting the portable Coleman stove
Lots of vintage coolers in the swap meet area



Above is a very early bug deflector, below is a tag I've never seen before... don't know what it's about. Maybe a customizer? Or a dealership?


Lots of matched luggage sets

Interesting and cool top




When the new Beetle was first sold about 6 years ago, it was instantly the best way to advertise your company... because everyone looked at it. I never see those advertising Beetles anymore



Above is the electric motor that the many batteries up front were connected to